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MAJIC Vermont Foundation at a glance

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MAJIC Vermont Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$666k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$780kCrime & Legal$603kPhilanthropy$490kInternational$445kEducation$393kFood & Nutrition$368kEnvironment$330kHuman Services$323kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $176k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $480k
$30,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VERMONT PUBLIC CO$120,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC$110,000
CHILDRENS LAW CENTER INCORPORATED$80,000
UNITED WAY OF ADDISON COUNTY INC$60,000
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC$60,000
DON BOSCO CRISTO REY HIGHSCHOOL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE$50,000
ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP INC$40,000
CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION$30,000
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC$30,000
VERMONT FOODBANK$27,500
FOOD & FRIENDS INC$15,000
GREATER DC DIAPER BANK$12,500
NOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INC$11,000
ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST$10,000
MIDDLEBURY AREA LAND TRUST$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $375k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP INC: $50k → 9%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $13k → 8%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP INC: $40k → 9%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $10k → 8%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP INC: $25k → 9%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP INC: $25k → 9%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $30k → 14%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP INC: $25k → 9%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $25k → 14%ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP INC: $25k → 9%ACCESS INC: $28k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $30k → 14%ACCESS INC: $25k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 20 repeat orgs$290k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
8

Total granted

$3.6M
$250k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
-1%

Still filing today

90%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

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HealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $550k · revenue +50%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $445k · revenue +63%
  • VP
    VERMONT PUBLIC CO
    3× · 2023–2025 · $320k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • PM
    PORTER MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -18%
  • FO
    Friends of the Ilsley Library
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • MH
    MANY HANDS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Vermont Electric Cooperative Inc

Vermont electric cooperative is a member owned not-for-profit whose mission is to provide safe, affordable, and reliable energy services to its members.

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2
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
3
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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5
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
6
Vermont Council On World Affairs Inc

See schedule othe mission of the vermont council on world affairs is to promote awareness and understanding of the world and its people, places and cultures through education and engagement. the future of vermont depends upon the world…

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7
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

Cvph medical center's mission is to provide quality health care for the north country region in upstate new york.

Health
8
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
9
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
10
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
11
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
12
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Vermont Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Vermont Public Radio: $450,000 · OtherVermont Public RadioDON BOSCO CRISTO REY HIGHSCHOOL OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $125,000 · OtherDON BOSCO CRISTO REY HIGHSCHOOL OF THE ARC…VERMONT FOODBANK: $230,000 · OtherVERMONT FOODBANKWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $182,500 · OtherWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INCFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $56,000 · OtherTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION: $95,000 · OtherTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION+11 more: $372,000 · Other+11 moreCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC: $550,000 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S LAW …UNITED WAY OF ADDISON COUNTY INC: $215,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 · PhilanthropyTHE VERMONT C…MANY HANDS INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMANY HANDS IN…UNITED WAY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyInternational Rescue Committee INC: $445,000 · InternationalInternationa…ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GRO INC D/B/A HOPE: $190,000 · Human ServicesADDISON CO…GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $132,500 · Human ServicesGREATER DC…ACCESS INC: $52,500 · Human ServicesACCESS INCVERMONT PUBLIC CO: $320,000 · Arts & CultureVERMONT P…VERMONT JOURNALISM TRUST LTD: $20,000 · Arts & CultureVERMONT J…+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $310,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAK…Middlebury Area Land Trust: $20,000 · EnvironmentMiddlebur…
Other$1,510,500Crime & Legal$550,000Philanthropy$490,000International$445,000Human Services$375,000Arts & Culture$350,000Environment$330,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC: $550,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetVermont Public Radio: $450,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $445,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT PUBLIC CO: $320,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $310,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $230,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ADDISON COUNTY INC: $215,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION GRO INC D/B/A HOPE: $190,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $182,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $132,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE KEEWAYDIN FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $56,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS INC: $52,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPORTER MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMANNA FOOD CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Ilsley Library: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMANY HANDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCONCORD HILL SCHOOL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetABORTION CARE NETWORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVERMONT JOURNALISM TRUST LTD: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMiddlebury Area Land Trust: $20,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFEMHEALTH USA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGAR POST 25 INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Vermont Community…The Nord Family Found…National Philanthropi…Snave FoundationNational Life Group C…The Morris and Gwendo…Greater Washington Co…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…
The Vermont Community FoundationVT22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Snave Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization MAJIC Vermont Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from MAJIC Vermont Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Addison County Community Action Gro Inc D/B/a Hope: 18% of income from government
  • Addison County Community Trust: 16% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • United Way of Addison County Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Middlebury Area Land Trust: 2% of income from government
  • Manna Food Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Vermont Public Co: 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd: 0% of income from government
  • Porter Medical Center: 0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to MAJIC Vermont Foundation?

Find your warmest path to MAJIC Vermont Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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